Simple circle transition

This is a simple shader for a circle transition. It expects screen width and screen height in pixels and knowing those it always produces a perfect circle in the center of a rect.

For the best result, have a script that sets the screen_width and screen_height uniforms  in _ready() of a script to the rect_size of a ColorRect. This way the screen_width and screen_height will always be automatically set to correct size.

Shader code
shader_type canvas_item;
render_mode unshaded;

uniform float circle_size : hint_range(0.0, 1.05);
uniform float screen_width;
uniform float screen_height;

void fragment() {
	float ratio = screen_width / screen_height;
	float dist = distance(vec2(0.5, 0.5), vec2(mix(0.5, UV.x, ratio), UV.y));
	COLOR.a = step(circle_size, dist);
}
Tags
circle, transition
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Snafuey
Snafuey
3 years ago

Kind of new to Godot started a year ago. Very Very new to shaders. I have only done one and I copied a tutorial so really I have done none. Looking at this I have some thoughts on how I could change it to target the player location instead of the center of the screen. I would love to hear what other people think on how to change it to achieve that.

breakfast
3 years ago

hello, i created a tutorial for this shader for anyone interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osGYErgbTEE

middlepattern
middlepattern
2 years ago
Reply to  breakfast

Thanks! This finally helped me understand how to use it.

MightyMochiGames
2 years ago

How can I make this a square?